Chapter 6 Vegetable Congee

  Su Xiaofan pulled Xiao Yimeng's hand and said, "Baby, let's go back. When we're in a better mood tomorrow, we'll come up the mountain again. They say that if you live near a mountain, you can make a living from it. There must be many treasures on this mountain. Tomorrow, I'll take you to find some treasure."

  "You're my wife, not sister, and don't call me baby, it's annoying." Xiao Yimeng glared at her, shook off her hand, and walked down the mountain road.

  Su Xiaofan quickly followed his pace, with a smile on her face, not taking his anger to heart at all. Kids, after all, often say they hate something but don't really mean it.

  After returning home, Su Xiaofan used the tender grass to make a small nest in one corner of the main room and put the little rabbits inside. Then she carried a basket of wild grass into the kitchen.

  Jia stepped out of the house and saw Xiao Yimeng crouching on the ground, looking at the young rabbits in the nest. After a glance around, he suddenly remembered that the small stools in the house had been taken away by someone. He pointed to Su Xiaofan's room and said softly to him: "If the young master is tired, go to Fan'er's room to rest."

  Xiao Yimò raised her eyes, and the crystal-like black pupils were exceptionally calm. She nodded slightly before standing up and walking towards the kitchen.

  Jia also entered the kitchen and said to Su Xiaofan who was sorting vegetables: "Go fetch some water for your mother."

  Su Xiaofan stopped what she was doing, glanced at the empty bucket beside her, and suddenly felt weak all over. Could this bucket with holes really hold water?

  "Why don't we just go to my place and get a better bucket?" Xiao Yimiao was also struggling with the same issue, that bucket had already leaked most of the water even before they could carry it to the kitchen.

  "No need, I dare not trouble your family again." Mrs. Jia refused without hesitation, thinking that although the village head's family was wealthy, they had a large household and many mouths to feed, and if she relied too heavily on them, her son's future would be difficult; if their family conditions were not so poor, they should not have accepted the silver given by the village head's family.

  But if the family conditions were a bit better, how could they let Fang'er go to their house as a child bride? The more Madam Ji thought about it, the more heart-wrenching it became, all because of her own incompetence...

  "Girl, don't worry, it's my own promise, and there's nothing wrong with it. I want to cultivate my husband from a young age and make him obey me obediently, hehe." Su Xiaofan smiled slightly, although becoming a child bride might invite ridicule from others, but it was still better than being divorced in the future and having no one wanting her, besides, there's a long way to go, this is just for now to get through the current difficulties.

  I've just arrived here, I'm weak and Mother is about to give birth, if I can get some silver to help out in this emergency, why not?

  If in the future I have another man I like, or if this little treasure grows up and has a woman he likes, we can discuss countermeasures later. Today, I accepted their silver, and tomorrow it's also possible to return it, as long as we get through this current crisis, I'm sure we'll think of a way to make money.

  "Are you okay?" Xiao Yi Mo raised an eyebrow and looked at her, his young face filled with anger.

  "It's only right, a good man should pamper his wife." Su Xiaofan got up and carried the water bucket towards the well at the back of the house.

  "That's not what I meant at all." Xiao Yimou followed closely behind.

  Su Xiaofan decided not to say anything more, this little treasure seemed to be really precocious and had super strong comprehension skills, was he a legendary child prodigy?

  "Oh... this well is really good." Su Xiaofan, who lived in the big city, had never seen an old well before. In this season that was about to enter summer, it felt a bit cool near the well, and if it were a hot summer day, coming here to cool off would be great.

  Xiao Yimeng gave her a white eye, shocked and surprised, could it be that this was the first time she had seen the well in her own home?

  Su Xiaofan tied the bucket to a rope and slowly lowered it down, then used all her strength to pull the water bucket back up. When she finally got it to the surface, there was only half of the water left in the bucket. She looked back at the path behind her and immediately gave up on the idea of carrying the water back, thinking that even if she did, there would be hardly any water left anyway.

  In the past, it seemed like mother and grandmother were in charge of fetching water. How did they manage to carry the water back and cook?

  "Little treasure, don't get close to the well, I'll go fetch some wild vegetables and bring them here to wash. You wait for me here." Su Xiaofan instructed him seriously before turning around and leaving. After washing the vegetables, she would come back and run a few more times to fetch water and cook.

  Xiao Yi Mo glared at her back, his anger burning: "Don't treat me like a child."

  Su Xiaofan didn't turn around, smiling and muttering to herself, after all, they were just kids.

  After a busy day, when Su Xiaofan finished cooking, the sky had already turned completely dark. Ye Shi found some stones to level up the table that was missing a small section of its leg. She looked at the several stools in the house that couldn't be sat on and handed the only one that could be sat on to Xiao Youmo, saying: "Young Master, please sit down, we can just stand and eat."

  Xiao Yi Mu Nu Nu mouth: "I can also eat standing up." He thought, this family must be the poorest he had ever seen since ancient times.

  "You just sit down, standing is not high enough." Su Xiaofan directly picked him up and put him on the stool to sit.

  "You..." Xiao Yimeng was furious, but there was nothing he could do. His height made it difficult for him to eat while standing up.

  "This is what Fang'er learned from someone, it smells so good." Mrs. Jia ladled the wild vegetable congee into everyone's bowls, and although they hadn't eaten yet, just asking about the flavor made people very hungry.

  Su Xiaofan smiled: "I learned it myself, there wasn't much porridge left in the pot, so I added some wild vegetables and the wild mushrooms that Xiao Bao'er picked earlier, made a wild vegetable porridge, this way everyone has porridge to drink, although there's a bit more wild vegetables..."

  "It's really delicious!" Ye exclaimed after taking a bite, having started eating wild vegetables since childhood and trying various cooking methods, but this bowl of wild vegetable congee was definitely the most delicious one she had ever had.

  "It's really true, I don't dare believe it's made from wild vegetables." Jia also had the same reaction as Ye after tasting.

  Su Xiaofan ate a few mouthfuls and felt that the taste was ordinary, but compared to what they usually ate in memory, this was indeed much better. It seems that in the future, I need to think of ways to improve the living standards at home, first and foremost is to think of ways to make money.

  Xiao Yimò scrunched up his eyebrows, staring at the wild vegetables in the bowl. After hesitating for half a day, he closed his eyes and shoveled a big mouthful into his mouth. Originally intending to swallow directly, but after entering his mouth, the miraculous feeling was not so bad. He ate a few more bites and said: "The taste is not bad."

  "Then eat some more, there's still some in the pot, you need to eat your fill to grow tall." Su Xiao Fan smiled and patted his head.

  "They all say don't treat me like a child anymore." Xiao Yi Mo glared at her, feeling annoyed in his heart. It's not that simple to grow taller just by eating more.

  "Hehe, okay..."